Amanda Kendal
@akendal.bsky.social
London-based NGO journalist. Germanophile, MCFC fan (since 1974). Loves Thomas Mann, Kraftwerk, Ultravox, OMD, Discworld, films, books, cats, birds, Minions, B5, Star Trek/Wars. LGBT+. Wish I could ignore politics, but can't. No chat unless I know you
Spotted in Hackney today - and shared without comment. Though for clarity, I have no objection to anyone flying flags.
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Spotted in Hackney today - and shared without comment. Though for clarity, I have no objection to anyone flying flags.
Hackney, this morning. Designated parking space - plus pavement parking by selfish a-holes.
September 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Hackney, this morning. Designated parking space - plus pavement parking by selfish a-holes.
Just photographed this in Hackney. Not a rarity. There’s a pedestrian crossing just to the left as you look at this photo. Uber Lime is a parasitic business, enabling entitled, antisocial behaviour.
September 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Just photographed this in Hackney. Not a rarity. There’s a pedestrian crossing just to the left as you look at this photo. Uber Lime is a parasitic business, enabling entitled, antisocial behaviour.
July 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Five stolpersteine spotted in Salzburg last year.
April 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Five stolpersteine spotted in Salzburg last year.
1987 at a book signing in Lancaster for Equal Rites. Incredibly, when I went, I was the only customer there!
April 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
1987 at a book signing in Lancaster for Equal Rites. Incredibly, when I went, I was the only customer there!
She was about 15 and a half and we used to do nose bumps and she would do trust falls into the crook of my arm in bed. She was called Otti, was feisty and gloriously independent. I have her ashes back with me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
She was about 15 and a half and we used to do nose bumps and she would do trust falls into the crook of my arm in bed. She was called Otti, was feisty and gloriously independent. I have her ashes back with me.
March 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
March 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And this is a Conservative MP.
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And this is a Conservative MP.
More catch-up cinema. I really don't know why I was unaware of this film – it's very good.
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March 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
More catch-up cinema. I really don't know why I was unaware of this film – it's very good.
thevoluptuousmanifesto.blogspot.com/2025/03/doub...
thevoluptuousmanifesto.blogspot.com/2025/03/doub...
![Quote from former Tory chief whip Simon Hart about the party's current leader.
"February 20. Kemi [Badenoch] pops in for a chat about trans stuff – I try, but I cannot find a mutually useable wavelength. She is another one who lives in a permanent state of outrage. It must be so tiring."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fafwbqs4or2uwsn6blmzobpv/bafkreietwdp6ixha4thd25wzp4dfimfe3xs7tugedp3nen2sb5b5ctu7by@jpeg)
Me with Loki the raven at Coda Falconry, just on the outskirts of London, in summer 2019.
February 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Me with Loki the raven at Coda Falconry, just on the outskirts of London, in summer 2019.
Doing what Google is going. This is from my phone, in the UK.
February 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Doing what Google is going. This is from my phone, in the UK.
Tenuous link, I appreciate, but me as Constanze Mozart in a publicity still for a north England 1986 stage production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus – and then the grave of the real Constanze, which I came upon in Salzburg, last October.
February 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Tenuous link, I appreciate, but me as Constanze Mozart in a publicity still for a north England 1986 stage production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus – and then the grave of the real Constanze, which I came upon in Salzburg, last October.
My gorgeous little Otti had to go over the rainbow bridge last Friday, so I absolutely understand how you feel. Take care.
February 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My gorgeous little Otti had to go over the rainbow bridge last Friday, so I absolutely understand how you feel. Take care.
My gorgeous little Otti went over the rainbow bridge on Friday. Feline dementia, bowel disorder and fecal incontinence. In summer 2023, this was a household of two humans and two cats. And now it’s just me. It’s so, so quiet.
February 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My gorgeous little Otti went over the rainbow bridge on Friday. Feline dementia, bowel disorder and fecal incontinence. In summer 2023, this was a household of two humans and two cats. And now it’s just me. It’s so, so quiet.
New follower. Almost certainly AI – following loads of personal accounts (mostly) men and presumably followed me because my avatar looks masculine. No actual bio but the use of two aubergine emojis. Presumably either a romance scammer or porn bot. Reported and blocked.
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New follower. Almost certainly AI – following loads of personal accounts (mostly) men and presumably followed me because my avatar looks masculine. No actual bio but the use of two aubergine emojis. Presumably either a romance scammer or porn bot. Reported and blocked.
Screenshot of the profile/avatar of a probable romance scammer claiming to be a senior US military officer. Only follows female accounts. has only posted 'selfies'. Reported and blocked.
February 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Screenshot of the profile/avatar of a probable romance scammer claiming to be a senior US military officer. Only follows female accounts. has only posted 'selfies'. Reported and blocked.